Romanian prime minister executed
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Executing a dictator: Open wounds of Romania's Christmas revolution
It was on Christmas Day 30 years ago that Romania's tyrannical communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was executed by firing squad after a summary trial.
A bloody battle played out in Romania in December 1989 that led to the remarkable collapse of one of Europe's most repressive communist regimes - and arguably its most menacing dictator.
For the Romanians who challenged him, it was a moment that defined their lives.
"It was war, it was a war zone here," remembers Traian Rabagia, then a 19-year-old geology student.
"I was shouting 'liberty!', 'we are the people!', and 'down with Ceausescu!'"
How the revolution spread
The revolt against Ceausescu's regime began in mid-December in the western city of Timisoara but was violently quashed on Ceausescu's orders.
Dissent quickly spread throughout the country, culminating in hundreds of thousands demonstrating in Bucharest, following a carefully-managed but ultimately botched speech by Ceausescu on 21 December 1989.
Ceausescu had misjudged the mood of the crowd as he blamed "fascist agita
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Trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu (left), President of the Socialist Republic of Romania from 1974, also General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party since 1965, and his wife Elena Ceaușescu (right), were executed following trial on 25 December 1989. | |
| Date | 25 December 1989 |
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| Convicted | Nicolae Ceaușescu and Elena Ceaușescu |
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| Sentence | Death |
The trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu were held on 25 December 1989 in Târgoviște, Romania.[1] The trial was conducted by an Extraordinary Military Tribunal, a drumhead court-martial created at the request of a newly formed group called the National Salvation Front. Its outcome was predetermined, and it resulted in guilty verdicts and death sentences for former Romanian President and General Secretary of the Romanian Communist PartyNicolae Ceaușescu, and his wife, Elena Ceaușescu.[2] The main cha
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Subject(s): History
Published by: Editura Affirmative Universitaria
Keywords: terrorism; Romanian Legionnaire movement; European prime-minister Armand Călinescu assassination; King Carol II adherent Romania dictatorship; world Conflict II
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